"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363848 | Rotating or pivoting device and connection module for a rotating or pivoting device The invention relates to a rotating or pivoting device (110) comprising a housing (12), at least one working piston (14) which is mounted in the housing and subjected to a pressure medium, and a pivoting part (20) which is rotatably mount... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325781 | Automatic bathroom flushers with modular design A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7188822 | Enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156363 | Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7124774 | Control valve A control valve for regulating flow of fluids passing through the valve. The control valve includes a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passageway through which the fluid passes from the inlet to the outlet. The control valve also includes a displaceable column pr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6934976 | Toilet flusher with novel valves and controls A tank-type flusher includes an intake valve, i.e., a fill valve, a diaphragm-operated flush valve, and a pressure control mechanism. The intake valve is connected to an external water source and is constructed to close water flow to a water storage tank at about a ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929237 | Valve actuation system and methods for pipeline valves The invention is therefore directed to a rotary valve actuating system coupled to a pipeline for a pressurized fluid, the actuating system being coupled to the rotary valve to selectively cause operation of the valve. The valve actuating system comprises at least tw... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6286533 | Metering valve assembly A metering valve assembly for use in sanitary applications and method of use is disclosed. The metering valve assembly has a relief valve hydraulically controlling a pilot valve covering a water supply inlet. The relief valve is controllably closed by a d... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6076798 | Fluid actuating valve The present invention relates to a fluid actuating valve, wherein the valve body (1) comprises a longitudinal tubular body (11) and a transversal cylinder body (12), the longitudinal tubular body (11) defines a longitudinal fluid passage (113), and the tr... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073651 | Damped valve A valve includes a device for shutting off a valve interior. The shutoff device is positioned by a piston which is guided in a cylinder and forms a first chamber and a second chamber in the cylinder. The second chamber communicates with the valve interior... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6041809 | Two stage flush control valve assembly A control valve assembly for flushing a sanitary fixture includes a burst valve for supplying flush water flow at the beginning of a flush cycle and an independently controlled bypass valve for providing trap reseal flow after the burst valve closes. The ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6027037 | Accumulator fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engine An accumulator fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a solenoid-operated fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a solenoid valve and a needle valve. The solenoid valve establishes and blocks fluid communi... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5873561 | Two-port cartridge seat valve A two-port cartridge type seat valve has a valve sleeve with a stepped guide bore for a poppet. The poppet includes a piston flange that divides the second step of the guide bore axially into an end-face first pilot chamber and an annular second pilot cha... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5839661 | Solenoid valve and fuel injector for internal combustion engine using the same A rapid-response solenoid-operated fuel injector for diesel engines is provided which includes a solenoid-operated valve member and a needle valve. The solenoid-operated valve member selectively establishes fluid communication between a fuel inlet and a f... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5505427 | Flushometer handle seal A toilet flushing device includes a body which has an inlet and an outlet. There is a valve seat in the body in the flow path between the inlet and the outlet and there is a valve member movable within the body toward and away from the valve seat to contr... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5294090 | Valve snubber A snubber which may be used with a diaphragm actuator or other movable member to prevent sudden movement of the movable member is provided. A typical diaphragm actuator has a diaphragm housing with a movable diaphragm therein dividing the diaphragm housin... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5213304 | Valve A buffered valve having a longitudinal passage leading to a valve chamber. The valve chamber is divided by a spacer into a front and rear chamber which are connected by a port in the spacer. A normally closed main valve member is in the front chamber whic... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5048790 | Self-modulating control valve for high-pressure fluid flow A self-modulating control valve for high pressure fluids, particularly gas in three interacting pressure chambers are provided in association with the main disc which includes two piston portions of different diameters, one of which operates as a spool va... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4875501 | Electromagnetic proportional control valve apparatus An electromagnetic proportional control valve apparatus comprises a valve body, a spool accommodated in a guide bore in the valve body, a valve seat element arranged at one end of the guide bore and facing toward the spool, a pilot valve controlling a val... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4832310 | Flush control valve A flush control valve (10) for metering a predetermined amount of flush fluid, or other liquid, to a facility, such as a urinal, to be flushed. The flush control valve (10) has a push button cap (166) that is actuated to cause the primary valve assembly (... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4799645 | Pilot operated hydraulic control valve A pilot operated control valve includes a spool type pilot valve member which is coupled to the main valve member by a pair of springs so that both pilot pressure forces and spring forces act on the main valve member. The main valve member and the housing... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4785851 | Vacuum security valve having a buffer volume A vacuum security valve includes a buffer volume in a movable piston. The movable piston has two orifices communicating with the buffer volume, the first orifice communicating with a clearance volume above the piston. A flexible diaphragm is connected to ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4699351 | Pressure responsive, pilot actuated, modulating valve The pressure responsive, pilot actuated, modulating valve comprises a main valve assembly which defines with the housing a first chamber and controls flow of fluid from an inlet port to an outlet port. A pressure responsive piston is provided which define... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4610423 | Poppet valve In a poppet valve having a poppet slidingly movable in a casing formed with an inlet port and an outlet port through which a pressurized fluid such as oil is supplied and delivered, the cross-sectional area of a rear end of the poppet to which one part of... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4482127 | Valve structure A valve of the type which is actuated under the pressure of the medium it controls and in which axially-aligned actuating and damping pistons are disposed within cylindrical relief and damping chambers and are connected to a valve element engageable with ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4390037 | Gas regulation device for gas actuated valves A gas regulation device to delay for a predetermined time the closing of a gas actuated main valve of the type having a main valve conduit connected to the main valve for carrying the gas which actuates the main valve. The regulation device comprises a fi... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4309021 | Valve structure A valve of the type which is actuated under the pressure of the medium it controls and in which axially-aligned actuating and damping pistons are disposed within cylindrical relief and damping chambers and are connected to a valve element engageable with ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4282895 | Freeze-proof, pollution free valve A valve is located below the frost line in the water supply line for a drinking fountain or the like. When the valve is opened, a piston is raised by the water pressure, compressing a spring. When the valve is closed, the spring retracts the piston, sucki... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4227674 | Liquid metering valve A liquid metering flush valve to be installed in connection with plumbing fixtures such as water closets, urinals, service sinks, and other equipment and to supply said fixtures with a predetermined amount of water; which may be potable water, contaminate... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4190230 | Scavenging air valve for cleaning tubular air filter bodies A scavenging air valve for cleaning at least one tubular filter body is disclosed. The air valve has a laminar valve body, one side of which forms, by means of its inner portion, the shutoff for the inlet of a scavenging air line. Its edge zones of said o... | 02/26/1980 |